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April 11, 2019 0

HBO’s Takedown of Michael Jackson

EXACTLY FIFTY YEARS AGO, five young boys from Gary, Indiana, became pop music sensations. It has always been difficult separating the truth about their origin from myth because Motown Records…More

May 19, 2016 0

Prince of Paradox

PERUSING the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart from the back issues of 1978, one has to be struck by the diversity that chart offers in contrast to today. The…More

February 23, 2015 1

A Gay Night at the Oscars

BY MONDAY NIGHT, the details of the best and worst Oscar gowns will have been picked clean like so many chicken bones. But Lupita Nyong’o certainly made a statement with…More

July-August 2020
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Enter a World of Fascination

Beardsley always denied allegations of homosexuality, but when Wilde was arrested and charged with sodomy, he was said to be carrying a copy of The Yellow Book. Beardsley found his work under increasing scrutiny as people looked for evidence of homosexuality. Indeed many people thought they found it in his drawings, such as The Examination of the Herald …

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The Fall of Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley was an artist whose name comes up frequently in many of the books written about Oscar Wilde. The 1890s were, after all, later dubbed the Beardsley Period. The facts of Beardsley’s life are not nearly as well-known as those of Wilde’s, but their fates were inextricably intertwined.

Essays

H. P. Lovecraft’s Odd Couples

In Lovecraft’s stories, sailors, lonely academics, and sorcerers—all of whom can be read as gay—lurk on the outskirts of civilization.

Essays

The Fellowship of the Tea Club

The true story about the relationship between Tolkien and Smith merits investigation from a gay-affirming perspective. The letters that flowed between them, often romantic in tone, open a window into their intimacy, as does their poetry. In the years after the young poet’s death, Tolkien was creatively inspired by the memory of Smith and the love they shared.
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